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Publication Mörch (1863): attributed nominal species
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Mörch, O.A.L. 1863. Fortegnelse over de i Danmark forekommende Land-og Ferskvandsblöddyr. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn (17-22): 265-367. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Species

Anodonta intermedia Pfeiffer, 1821
Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 113, pl. 6, fig. 3.
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 85.
(misidentified reference to Anodonta intermedia Lamarck, 1819)
Type(s): NOMEN NUDUM SMF_5165, Aus Pfeiffer’s Hand, Fundort ? [probably:] lake Aueteich in Karlsaue park, Kassel [Germany].

Anodonta cellensis var. cariosa Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 84-85.
(reference to Anodonta cariosa Küster, 1842)

Anodonta cygnea forchhammeri Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 84.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea lingua Mörch, 1863
‘Yoldi’ Mörch, 1853. Cat. Conch. Yoldi 2: 48 [as ‘A. lingua’]. [nomen nudum]
‘(Yoldi)’ Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 83.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea lirata Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 83.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta cygnea lyngbyana Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 84.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mytilus cygneus Linnaeus, 1758)

Anodonta radiata var. inornata Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 85.
(reference to Anodonta inornata Küster, 1842)

Anodonta radiata var. paludosa Mörch, 1863
‘Turton’ Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 86.
(reference to Anodon paludosus Turton, 1822)

Unio litoralis Pfeiffer, 1821
Pfeiffer, 1821. Natur. Deutsch. Land Sussw. Moll. 1: 117, pl. 5, fig. 12.
Rossmässler, 1853. Z. Malak. 10: 92.
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): ??.
(misidentified reference to Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798; error for Unio littoralis Cuvier, 1798)

Unio conus compressa Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 340.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio conus Spengler, 1793; homonym of Unio compressus Rafinesque, 1831)

Unio conus compressissima Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 340.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio conus Spengler, 1793; homonym of Unio compressissimus Lea, 1845)

Unio limosus maxima Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 341.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822; homonym of Unio pictorum maxima Mörch, 1863)

Unio limosus pumila Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 341.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio limosus Nilsson, 1822; homonym of Unio pumilus Lea, 1838)

Unio pictorum maxima Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 340.
Mörch, 1864. Syn. Moll. Daniae: 78.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Mya pictorum Linnaeus, 1758)

Unio tumidus limicola Mörch, 1863
Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 339.
Mörch, 1864. Syn. Moll. Daniae: 77.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788)

Unio tumidus picta Mörch, 1863
Beck in Mörch, 1863. Vidensk. Medd. Naturhist. Foren. Kjöben. (17-22): 339.
Mörch, 1864. Syn. Moll. Daniae: 77.
(intro'd as intra-sp. of Unio tumidus Retzius, 1788; homonym of Unio pictus Lea, 1834)

 
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